Fiction's Week Three Post

My new post is more about the readings that I found most interesting in our fiction readings. The first reading that I enjoyed was When It Rains It Rains A River by Peter Markus from the book The Singing Fish. The second reading that I saw as enjoyable as well as educating is Polaroids by Lamont. Both stories gave me new insight on how writing a fiction story should be done correctly and creatively. Lamont however, was more of an instruction manual for how to go through each step of writing when it comes to fiction while the exert from The Singing Fish shows the development and picture that Lamont was speaking of in a working piece of literature. I'll begin with explaining Polaroids by Lamont.

In Polaroids the text follows the process that should be taken by writers to produce an good and solid depiction of fiction writing. In the process he explains how the process is resemblance of a polaroid picture by the way it is developed by saying "Writing a first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop, You can't-- and, in fact, you're not supposed to-- know exactly what the picture is going to look like until it has finished developing." In this manual by Lamont he breaks down the writing picture into every part that should be incorporated in the finish picture by starting with character. He speaks about although you will like and dislike some of your characters, they will most likely be some variation of yourself. Then he goes into the plot of the story by saying that " Your plot will fall into place as, one day at a time, you listen to your characters carefully, and watch them move around doing and saying things and bumping into each other."At the end he introduces the idea of dialogue between characters to finish the development of fiction writing. In this part he explains how the characters will lead a writer to what they would say and the the writer must get the voice right on their own.

In When It Rains It Rains A River  the process is shown very creatively as the story progresses. First you believe that the story is about two brothers that are human but as story goes along the idea of what kind of brothers they are lingers. You think they're not human because in the story one part goes " And then I raised back that hammer. I drove that rusty nail right through Brother's hand." I know that I have never seen brothers play as rough as that especially when later it says that the brother wasn't shouting in pain. The fact the writer didn't just come out and say that they weren't human is what helped to draw the readers attention as while let the reader watch the development of the story. These are the things that I will take into much consideration as I continue to write fiction stories.

Writing Fiction Packet #2

The second fiction packet included more detailed works of fiction: more literary skilled, focused, and lengthier stories. Though there were many differences between the first and second fiction packet, there were also similarities. Such as the introduction to characters in both were very detailed with imagery and other sensual words so that readers join the story instead of being told a story which is a major difference. My favorite work in this packet was Thalia Field's Point and Line. Even the title sounded intriguing but what I adored was its complexity in meaning. Differences are what make everything and everyone an individual so lets explore the differences in writings from one to two.

In fiction packet one the stories were short and the meaning was obvious like "Survivor" spoke of not wanting to survive after his lovers death. The meaning has to be obvious though because the shortness makes it unable to linger through the story without leaving the story as substance without meaning. In fiction packet number two the stories were harder to figure out and lingered into a lot of different ideas to prove its main point. Just as I will explain about my favorite story Point and Line.

In Point and Line the author uses many different characters to describe a psychological issue within the narrators mind. The beginning lines start with "A cat wanders around your legs," giving the cat characteristics such as "a cat collects itself to jump". A cat really wouldn't be described as collecting itself seeming how that is a human like characteristic. This is one of the many times that the narrator personifies animals and things around her scenery. Later in the story she speaks about a billboard in the same way saying " A billboard rises across the dusty sunset, saying something about buying or driving a new cat." I believe that narrator is giving their own life story through the eyes of different objects and even a person at one point in the story and that is awesome because with a title like point and line you'd think it be an easy read but she makes you think that even the simplest of things can be complex!

Writing Fiction Packet 1

My initial response to fiction writing was this is a really great way to convey messages that could be actual events in life. That was my response because of the first poem Survivor that really caught my eye. The poem talks about a real life situation that could occur in a homosexual relationship because of societies approach toward the gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual community. Writing can sometimes shine the light needed to effect change and bring about movements just like the Harlem Renaissance age of writing. This was greatly seen through the poem.

Survivor as well as the poem Famous Hats conveyed deeper meanings towards things that already exist in everyones rim of knowledge. Survivor talks about how gay lover wants to die before his lover so that he doesn't have to deal with the stress from the family that never approved of their family member decision. Then, it is even more noticeable that he is in someway speaking to society to right this wrong because no should be thinking of these type of questions when thinking of the death of a loved one. Famous hats take the step further into history and explains Napoleon hats.

He says that he wore many hats in a figurative way. Meaning that his mind was so creative that it could be broken down into many different aspects. This is exciting because he always wore a hat but no one really thought of it in such a way. The finishing lines were even greater than the first because it says that he always remained the same even through the different hats as the boy he was born. That is interesting because often times people lose sight of who they are along the way to success.

Poem of US...

Movements of unexpressed curiosity
Suddenly moves me to a new velocity
Sight is blinded and Eve is doom
This night our love doesn't bloom

Royalty starts with R and reminds my mind
Of my love RUSSIAN BEAR who is ever so kind
Never naive as Adam
Because his mind is a phantom

Beauty in the bottle
Love so rare
Tipping off to a mindless waddle
His, he, best friend, nothing to fear

Mistakes are made but being in love is secure from fade...
Sour, sweet, full of sense and toxicity like a bundle of Sage.